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Australian International Education--Enabling Growth and Innovation

To provide funding for activities directed to promoting, strengthening and growing Australia's international education sector as an export industry, including activities designed to:

(a) enhance Australia's quality international education and training system; and

(b) build connections between:

(i) international students and researchers; and

(ii) education institutions; and

(iii) Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and foreign governments; and

(c) improve the global competitiveness of Australia's international education sector; and

(d) identify opportunities to develop and improve Australia's international education sector.

This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to funding activities:

(a) relating to interstate and overseas trade and commerce; or

(b) relating to places, persons, matters or things external to Australia or matters affecting Australia's relations with foreign countries; or

(c) by providing benefits to students; or

(d) relating to aliens; or

(e) for the collection, analysis, dissemination or use of statistics; or

(f) relating to the delivery of education courses and other information online; or

(g) undertaken in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth.